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mowerman

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  1. Can’t be any worse than mine it needs everything we are looking forward to sharing them.. bob
  2. Ya what he says more photos… bob
  3. And yes vlad I like your smart ass remark…. Bob
  4. It’s only got 2 major components… bob
  5. The air start is a lot easier and cheaper to maintain but you do what you want with your truck … bob
  6. not sure i bought one from watts,,,but that was around 8 years ago...bob
  7. lol,,,you are very intertaining thanks for sharing..bob
  8. wow ok....have a ball with it...that thing is immaculate.. bob
  9. good advice,,i already put one on years ago passenger side....but im going to take them both off,,,,before paint...strip them and paint everything seperate and yes they are very heavy,,,need 2 people to hang them properly,,,even when they are stripped completely,,as i said i have been collecting parts for the last 27 years,,,all i need now is a bunch of little things that you could pretty much buy at any truck dealership....have a big order coming from watts....bob
  10. Great choice I’m sure you will get lotta years out of it sorry can’t help you much but lots of other guys can on here .bob
  11. I’m kind of surprised I missed this post entirely since I am a big Ford man… bob
  12. Wow I just spotted this …that is a beautiful tractor… bob
  13. There are lots of parts for that model I’m sure you’ll get a response soon good luck.. bob
  14. I have a model of that truck I have been working on for 20 years I may finish it one of these days ha ha. Bob
  15. Make payments on a brand new Kia and sit in Starbucks playing with their laptops who knows what they’re watching do you really want to know ha ha… bob
  16. We are a dying breed as well most younger folks these days are not really interested in anything old:..bob
  17. Just finished one little honeydew now I walking around with my chest all puffed out like I’m somebody ha ha… bob
  18. haha,,,in case you fellas are wondering why im always on here,lately...im on vacation....suppose to be getting things accomplished..outside..but with all the fires out here,,,,smoke is terrible and the news channels are suggesting,if you dont have to go out ,stay in the house...air quality is horrible...ok im good with that,,besides wife is gone to sandiego with here daughter and her goofy husband,,so no bosses here....im free to watch TV and play on the computer....besides i have to watch the puppies and make sure they dont get into mischief..lol...bob
  19. thats very interesting.....there used to be tons of them when i grew up in new england....mostly with diamond plate fenders...i had a push around steel model when i was a kid,,,setup that way,,,,seems more guys would be fixing them up..and getting together...with them....i know kings county truck lines...in northern california...has a restored one...look it up im sure they have photos of it..i think it has a fiberglass nose,i saw it in reno around 20 years ago,at a truck show...bob
  20. i dont know whats up with my phone,,,sometimes it will let me post photos,,,and sometimes it doesnt...cant even post them from desktop photos...it tells me thier too large..bob
  21. also some of you might be interested in the company was originally started by my grandfather back around 1900 he started with a horse and wagon delivering bananas....i was talking to an oldtimer back when i was a kid in the 60,s that remembered my grandfather ...he said when he was a boy my grand pop used to deliver to (his) pops farm,,,i understand back in those days,,,folks used to use more of a horse trade system....and every body knew everybody....very interesting.. but by 1970 my uncle told me,the company was way too much work for the money he was paying himself..sold it and went to work for beacon fast freight.in the shop as a foreman..brooklyn NY..he said life was alot easier and no pressure...bob
  22. thats fantastic..especially the doors.....thier as rare as hens teeth ,,,here..i have the same issue here in my area,,,but i was very lucky to find a rebuilt transmission..65 miles from here,,,and real good doors off a F model everything else is still available thru mail order........bob
  23. Not sure if you fellas have ever just checked a glass shop after all that’s what they specialize in they might be able to help you good luck..,bob
  24. I posted that tractor before but you probably didn’t know my uncle told me when that photo was taking that truck was brand spanking new and it wasn’t even registered the guy just got done lettering it He said he thought it was taken in 1957 … bob
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